Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-09
WASHINGTON TOPICS.
Weekly Budget of News From the
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 ,cracv, and coustrr'ati"a a%hlh ,re yails in their midst. ihc ap- ointment of Trotter. coiored Democrat from Massachusetts, to he position of Recorder of Deeds, he place for whici, the nnw lh- mons Matthews was twice rejected, has provoked q stara1 ot rage ili the District The city papers oi alt political creeds, denounce the in unmeasured terms. The Distrc Recordership will f1g- ure prominently Ill the campaign thunder of the Democratic party lh the next election. Already the threats are made that by means of this argument serious inroads will be made in the colored vote ot the Republican party. The Democrats will claim that in prescribing Matthews aud Troiter for their Democracy, the Republicans have forfeited the continued allegiance of the colo.ed voters, and that the recognition extended by the Presl- dent to the colCrod race in the ap- pointment of these men to ottlce, establishes the claim of the Demo cratic party to their suffrage. To non partisan observer it IS inter- esting and amusing, though not calculated to impress one with all elevated sense of the dignity and honesty of the methods for attain ing to politic'l ambition.
 The Forth ninth Congress eX- pired yesterday at l2 o'clock, and
 it may not be uninteresting to no tice the important bills that were passed during its closing session. The Department of Agriculture and Labor bill, the Oleomargarine bill, the AntiPolygamy bill. the Presidential succession bill and the Electoral Count Bill. the bill for the redemption of the trade dollar at its face value, the bill ex- tending the free delivery system to every .own or city with popula. tion of 10000, the bill granting pensions to the soldiers and sail ors of the Mexican War, the bill regulating interstate commerce, bill for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations and to extend the prosecutions of the laws of the United States anG the Territories over the Indians, the labor arbitra- ton bill, the bill lo prohibit aheus from acquiring land in the United States, the widows pension bill |, and the Atlantic and Pacific land grant forfeiture, are some of the most important that were passed and are now laws.
 The excitement usually incident to the closing hours of a session was heightened into genuine sen sation by the attack in a speech on the floor ot the Senate by Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, on the course pursued by Speaker Car lisle in connection with tariff legis- lation. The Senator assailed the Speaker for the usulpatiOn of au- thority and despotic exercise Oi power such as in earlier times would have been resisted by the expulsion of the Speaker. He de- clared he would rather live in a a country ruled by Czar or a King than in representative gov ernment where presiding officer could dictate what bills should be considered and what measures be- come laws. The replies of Sena- tors Beck and Blackburn vigorous ly defending MT. Carlisle, and in which severe language was used in personal reflection on Senator Hoar, served to make the scene more animated.
 It is stated at the White House that there is no probability of the President re. .conveuing the Senate to consider any nominations that he may wish to make in the near future. The successor to Mir Man ming and the Interstate Commerce commissioners will probably be ap- pointed sometime next week. They will then serve under the ap- pointment until the Senate con venes on the first Monday in De- cember, 1887, when they must be confirmed.
 The President, while not veto- ing it, refused 10 sign the River